Lambda Literary has announced the finalists for the 2024 Lambda Literary Awards—also known as the Lammys—which recognize work published in 2023. The Lammys celebrate queer writing in 26 categories and seven special prizes, which include two new prizes in editorial excellence and critical arts writing.
Here are the finalists in the LGBTQ+ Speculative Fiction category:
- Bang Bang Bodhisattva by Aubrey Wood (Solaris)
- I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself by Mac Crane (Catapult)
- The Archive Undying by Emma Mieko Candon (Tordotcom Publishing)
- The Saint of Bright Doors by Vajra Chandrasekera (Tordotcom Publishing)
- The Thick and the Lean by Chana Porter (Saga Press)
Delightfully, Tuck Woodstock and Niko Stratis’s 2 Trans 2 Furious: An Extremely Serious Journal of Transgender Street Racing Studies is a finalist in the LGBTQ+ Anthology category, along with Fairy Tale Review: The Rainbow Issue. You can see the full list of finalists in every category here.
As a press release notes, “The announcement of these 130 finalists marks the beginning of a season of uplifting and spotlighting these authors and their work throughout the awards season, with interviews, events, and other special opportunities to get to know the finalists and their vital stories.” That season concludes with a celebration to announce the winners on June 11th at Sony Hall in New York City.
